Nina slowly opened her eyes. She saw Edward, Alphonse, and Ajax sitting near her and looking at her face.
She rubbed her eyes and got up. Quickly, tears welled up. She hugged Ajax as playing with him was the last memory she had.
"BIG BROTHER!... I was scared... It was scary. I felt like... I... I was stuck in a tight box. Waaa..." She cried.
Ajax patted her back lightly, "It's okay, Nina, everything is okay now. Everything is fine."
"Woof"
Nina turned her head and looked at her dog. "Alexander... you're fine too..."
"You called me, child?" Alexander(Grandpa) came.
Nina looked at him and felt his face looked familiar. "No, I called Alexander."
"Yes, I am Alexander," Alexander replied.
Nina shook her head, "No, you are not my dog. He is."
"Yes, I'm not a dog, but I am Alexander," Alexander argued.
"No, my doggy is Alexander." Nina persisted and hugged her dog.
Then Nina realized, "Oh, can it be... your name is Alexander too?" She inquired cutely.
"Yes, my name is Alexander." He affirmed.
"Then, you will be Alexander two and my dog will be real Alexander." She replied proudly.
"Why am I number two?" Alexander asked, funnily.
"Because you came after him." She replied.
"No, I am much older than him. I am more than 70 years old. How old is your doggy?" Alexander inquired.
Nina put her finger on her lips and thought, "He is... 10... I think."
"See, then he will be Alexander two. Oh, in fact, we can shorten his name to not cause confusion. Let's call him Alex from now on." Alexander suggested.
"Alex?" Nina whispered the name.
"Woof."
"Do you like that name?" Nina asked her dog.
"Woof Woof."
"Oh, that's settled then. You will be Alex." She hugged her dog.
Alexander took a sigh of relief. He had to bribe the Dog with a promise of 10 treats to make him agree to this name. Of course, all this negotiation happened telepathically.
"Nina, you can call me Grandpa. Do you want to see a beautiful place where you can play all day with lots of friends?" Alexander asked. Without her father and any immediate family, he had no choice but to take her in. He couldn't bring himself to leave her in an orphanage.
"GRANDPA!" Nina shouted.
~Ah... my heart, don't die on me.~ Alexander touched his chest from the cuteness overdose.
"Ajax, take her home and introduce her to your grandma and everyone else. Show her all the tailed beasts and unicorns." Alexander instructed his grandson.
"Yes, Grandpa. Ed and Al, I will see you later." Ajax held Nina's hand and ran out of the building.
"Hey, where did he take her?" Edward asked.
Alexander stopped him, "Wait, kid. I am adopting her. She has no family now and I have the power and money to give her a good life. Also, I have many grandkids. She can play with them. Don't worry, she will forget about her dad soon. It is for the better."
"Yeah, it is for the better." Alphonse agreed.
"Let's go, brother. We should rest for today. We will report to Colonel Mustang tomorrow." Alphonse decided, he saw the sad mood of his brother and thought this would be a better option.
~Hmm, these two seem to have been touched by a spirit of some kind. I feel its mark on the small kid's arm and leg and all over the body of the bigger one in the armor.~ Alexnader noticed. But he didn't ask as he didn't feel it was a demonic presence.
"Dobby, let's go to the Eastern Headquarters. Let's understand the working of this world." Alexander decided and headed out.
...
At the Eastern Headquarters.
East City,
Ajax had returned as Nina was now sleeping in Phixheim. She had tired herself by running around with various animals.
He went back to pestering the Elric brothers. He followed the two around the city.
"Nina was very happy at my place. She happily slept after playing." Ajax told them.
Edward sighed happily, "That's good for her. Your family is good, Ajax."
"BROTHER! LOOK OUT!" Alphonse shouted suddenly.
Edward jumped to the side. But Ajax didn't move away and the white-haired glasses-wearing man attacked. It was a powerful punch that struck Ajax's stomach.
*Boom*
Ajax was thrown away so hard that he collided with a wall and even destroyed the walls and entered the building. A big cloud of smoke was there.
"AJAX!" Edward and Alphonse worriedly shouted. Alphonse tried to rush towards Ajax but was touched by the attacker.
In an instant, Alphonse's armor got disintegrated from the spot. He fell down.
"Who are you? Why are you doing this?" Alphonse asked the attacker.
"This is the right order of things. As long as there will be creators like you there must be destroyers." He proceeded to touch him again. But Edward jumped and stopped him.
"YOU BASTARD!"
"Too slow." the attacker shrugged and stopped Edward's metal arm with his palm.
*BOOM*
Edward's metal arm got disintegrated as he fell to the ground. Edward was terrified now, he didn't know what was going on.
"BROTHER!" Alphonse shouted in worry.
"Now you will not be able to use your heretic alchemy. I will give you a moment to pray to God." the attacker said.
"Hah, I don't pray to god. tell me, are you only going after me or them too?" Edward asked.
"You are the Fullmetal Alchemist, only you will die today. But if they interfere, they too shall die." the attacker replied.
"Then I want your word, prom..."
*Cough* *Cough* *Cough*
"Woah, that was a strong punch. I feel like my food got digested. I'm hungry now." Ajax walked out of the rubble while coughing.
Alphonse was the closest to him so Ajax looked at the armor. There was no one inside and it was broken. Ajax's face turned serious.
"BROTHER ALPHONSE GOT KIDNAPPED?" he shouted in shock and worry. Hats, who was lazily resting not far away, facepawed himself.
Ajax looked at the attacker and jumped at him. "WHERE IS BROTHER AL?"
*BAM*
The attacker tried to stop Ajax's punch with his left hand but his arm's bones were crushed from the impact. It took a second for the pain to register in his mind.
"AAAARGH..." The attacker screamed in pain and agony.
[A/N: For those who don't know. The attacker is Scar.]
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